Offense was the name of the game in the first half while defense defined the Raiders in the second half. In the district semifinal game against Charlotte, the Raiders came out victorious thanks in part to junior Olivia Roe’s 26 points in a 56-41 win on Wednesday night.

U.S. officials sought Wednesday to tamp down expectations of a substantial preliminary nuclear deal with Iran by the March deadline while working to move past the political dust kicked up by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticism of...